hatchling loggerhead emerging from nest

Query: cheloniidae

Result: 19^th of 45

Subject:	hatchling loggerhead emerging from nest
Poster:	VaHerper (VaHerper@bigfoot.com)

Caretta nest06-Loggerhead Sea Turtle-by Dennis Desmond.jpg

File size : 41661 bytes File date : 2000:08:19 12:03:41 Resolution: 512x384 Jpeg process : Baseline Posted Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals Posted Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 17:15:48 GMT

hatchling loggerhead emerging from nest

Photographer: Dennis Desmond

Wassaw island, Caretta Research Project, Georgia
Photo Date: 7/2000
Camera: Nikon Coolpix 950

http://www.vaherper.com

caretta_nest06.jpg

Comments
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The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is a species of oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world. Caretta caretta is a marine reptile, belonging to the family Cheloniidae. The skin ranges from yellow to brown in color, and the shell is typically reddish brown. Caretta caretta is found in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea.
Order: Testudines > Suborder: Cryptodira > Superfamily: Chelonioidea > Family: Cheloniidae > Subfamily: Carettinae > Genus: Caretta >
Species: Caretta caretta

cheloniidae
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